Trans-continental Service

I couldn’t let this go unremarked, American has officially retired their last 767-200 from their fleet. The final 767-200 flight was American flight 30, N319AA, departed Los Angeles at 11:35 PM May 7 and arrived at New York JFK May 8 at 7:17 AM. I must admit I’m a little sad to see…

American’s new A321-T transcontinental service is set to launch January 7 and to promote the big event they’re offering bonus AAdvantage Miles for travel between JFK and Los Angeles: In celebration of our new Airbus A321 Transcontinental aircraft, flying early next year, we’re offering you the opportunity to earn up to 15,000 bonus miles for…

American’s new Airbus A321-Transcontinental service between JFK/LAX and JFK/SFO is scheduled to begin early next year, and within the next few weeks they’ll start taking delivery of the new planes. I’m already a big fan of American’s transcontinental service and this new plane has me very excited! Just like the 767-200 that it replaces, the…

American’s new Airbus A321-Transcontinental service between JFK and LAX is scheduled to start January 7, 2014, but beginning this weekend you’ll be able to purchase ticket for the inaugural flights! A321-T flight will be available for booking this Sunday, August 11! According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, “9% of American’s passengers…

American announced an update of their Admirals Club and Flagship Lounge access policies for passengers traveling in First or Business Class on transcontinental flights. Here’s a look at the new rules: Traveling on a Non-Stop Transcontinental Flight? Beginning September 1, 2012, access to the Admirals Club and Flagship Lounge will change for customers traveling on…

The other day American announced that the Boeing 767-200s they use on their JFK to LAX and JFK to San Francisco routes will be replaced with smaller, 3 cabin Airbus A321s configured with fully lie-flat seats in First and Business class. They also revealed their plans to offer Main Cabin Extra seating, in-flight wifi, and…

American just announced their plans for how they’re going to equip and configure all the new planes that they’ll soon be receiving. Two big improvements will be in-seat entertainment and power at every seat (including coach) and fully lie-flat seats in the premium cabin on transcontinental flights. Transcontinental upgrades American plans to retire their 767…

Earlier this year American Airlines announced that they and Gogo Inflight Internet would test streaming video to passengers’ wireless devices on some of their 767-200 transcontinental flights. I guess they must have been pleased with the results, because today they announced that this service, Gogo Vision, is available on all their 767-200 flights: American Airlines…